Brian has passed away!!!!

[ForHerCryingSoul]

I have posted on this thread before but took a break due to life circumstances.

I love Brian and all of his music.

He inspired me to create art and keep going when times were tough and sad.

I got to see him on his last Pet Sounds tour and I will forever be grateful with being in his prescence while he was alive.

He still continues to inspire me every day, and I am really going to miss his voice and spirit in this world.

R.I.P. Brian Wilson, my Greatest Of All Time artist, inspiration, and musical hero.

[Dan Lega]

Mr. Desper, thanks so much for dropping by and saying a few words about Brian.  Out of all of us here, Brian's passing has to hit you the most as you were with Brian for so many years as a friend and collaborator.  Please allow us to express our sympathies to you as we are sorry for your loss. 


Love and merci,
Dan Lega

[Angela Jones]

This was posted on Brian's MB.
''Rolling Stone
Brian Hiatt
June 12, 2025

Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine had a final meeting last month with Brian Wilson, his friend and bandmate of six decades, he tells Rolling Stone. Wilson, who died at age 82, was sitting in the back of his house when Jardine arrived for a visit in May. "He looks at me and he says, ‘You started the group,'" Jardine says with a laugh. "It was his first statement to me. I didn't even have a chance to say hi." (Jardine's full interview, including a look back at the Beach Boys' earliest years, will air on an upcoming episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast.)

"I'm going, ‘Yeah, you helped. You were part of it too!'" Jardine continues. "But he is not wrong, because we bumped into each other on campus and I said, ‘We've gotta start a band. We gotta start a group, Brian.' And he remembered that." For Jardine, Wilson's acknowledgment of his role in the Beach Boys' genesis provided some closure: " I go, wow. ‘Okay. Yeah, I did have something to do with it. So that's quite an honor."

Neither of the two men thought they were meeting for the last time, though Wilson was ailing. "I thought he was gonna get better, " Jardine says. "He had blood-oxygen-level problems, but his oxygen was coming back."

But ultimately, Jardine adds, Wilson "just wore out… He went peacefully, in sleep, and I'm grateful for that."

Jardine joined Wilson's solo band for a Pet Sounds tour in 2006, and started touring regularly with him in 2012. "My first show was at UCLA, and I got a standing ovation just walking out on stage," Jardine says. "And I'm going, ‘Holy cow. This feels like the old days, you know, the old Beach Boy days. And so we immediately kicked in where we left off."
Before Wilson's final show in 2022, Jardine recalls Wilson slowing down. "The last tour, he was quite reticent," Jardine says. "He didn't have the get up and go. He was just kind of slumped over the piano a little bit and not really engaging. So we noticed that, and finally we realized something's amiss here." Jardine believes Wilson changed after contracting Covid: "That was the end of it. He never came back after that."

Jardine is currently prepping for his own tour with members of Wilson's solo band - he had hoped to have Wilson himself join the band for at least one show. The tour will include both Beach Boys hits and deeper cuts from later albums, including 1977's quirky The Beach Boys Love You. "I was hoping he'd be there to approve," Jardine says.

Jardine says that his old friend was "beyond" a genius. "He invented the Beach Boys and he invented a style of music," he says. "A style of putting eight notes together in a different way. He could do anything, and each time it was a joy to hear his arrangement of something as simple as ‘Surfer Girl.' Writer, arranger, producer, singer - all five of those things. And he left us with the best repertoire for the rest of our lives to re-record, re-sing, replay."'

So relieved to learn that Brian passed peacefully in his sleep. Goodnight sweet prince. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

Beautiful comments and memories here.

My wife said she expected me to be more "broken up" about it. The truth is, for all the pain this causes me, I can't help but think about how much love so many of us have for this guy. He's somehow brought so much love to the world, that even the end of his life can bring people together.

For that reason, I dont find myself breaking down emotionally... rather I am reminded of why this guy is my hero in the first place. Always led with love, gave the world more than he ever expected to gain, and was there for us when we needed him. Gave us a feeling of understanding that, perhaps, he wished he could have himself. A truly amazing man.

+1, beautifully said.

[Joel Goldenberg]

I love the guy to pieces without knowing him personally, save for a phone interview 20 years ago and a couple of brief encounters in 2001 and 2005. I also find it cosmically eerie that an interview I did with Mike Love about a June 21 concert the Beach Boys are doing in Montreal was published the day Brian died.
https://www.thesuburban.com/news/the-beach-boys-come-to-the-west-island/article_1e5a4189-9347-4d16-b16a-5cf8ee4e249d.html

[Rocker]

Beach Boys' Al Jardine Opens Up About Brian Wilson's Final Days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S5IeiCESZA



Former Beach Boys manager remembers Brian Wilson, talks about unreleased 1970 album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVCtJEYQkaQ

[Rocker]

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

I saw the Beach Boys show at NYC's Town Hall last night. It was terrific!

I was really impressed when the second set started with a new and substantial video about Brian, using "Brian's Back" (Mike's late '70s song) as the soundtrack, and highlighting moments Brian, Mike and the band spent together over the decades. It segued into real-life Mike talking about Brian and dedicating The Warmth of the Sun to him. It was my first BBs show since 2017, if memory serves, and they've made a lot of changes which I think mostly work for the better. Aiming to write a full review when time allows.

[Rocker]

"Devastated to hear of Brian Wilson‘s passing. He had such a profound effect on me. The Kinks played the Hollywood Bowl with The Beach Boys on our first us tour. Sad day .. years later Brian and I used to run into each other at the movies with our daughters and we’d catch up..I’m devastated. I loved his Singing.He was an innovator and his writing prowess was remarkable. I loved him." - Dave Davies

[Menace Wilson]

It’s been a long time, but I wanted to jump back on here to pay my respects.  I don’t have the words to describe the impact Brian Wilson’s work has had on my life.  I think he helped me be a happier person.  I know he helped me feel less alone.  God bless him.

[Rocker]

Brian Wilson Performs "Sloop John B" | David Letterman


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msBif2ZHqVw 

[Tony S]

God Bless you Brian, universally loved by everyone! RIP

[Rocker]

This was posted by one Lawrence Law Worrell on facebook. I always find these small insights into Brian's and the Beach Boys' influence interesting:


This one hits personally😢💔
When my legendary granddad Sam “Bluzman” Taylor
wanted to do more songwriting and production after touring with Etta James, The Coasters and more famously Joey Dee & The Starlighters,it was this genius that gave him and my uncle Benny Earl Taylor this chance by hiring them as staff songwriters for their record label Brother Records. Though the label was short lived, it was a opportunity and relationship that benefited my granddad in the long run even to the point of his relationship with Dennis Wilson and even more so the soon to be Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee Carol Kaye who played Brian’s written bass parts on most of the Beach Boys records. My granddad and Carol formed a Disco-Funk project called Spider Webb that released one album in the mid-70’s (Google It)
And lastly, me, my uncle Bobby, uncle Jacques and granddad would sometimes warm-up harmony wise for our shows singing The Beach Boys records ”In My Room” in which I always did Brian’s high note falsetto at the end that would drive the crowd crazy☺️
The Beach Boys RIDICULOUS SICK harmonies and Pop-Doo-Wop,R&B & Rock textures didn’t just define the summer, beaches and surfing. It set the mood for teenage understanding and longing for love in the most unusual settings so outside my granddad’s history with them, you better believe I studied EVERY Beach Boys album in the house
Though every member played a siginifcant role, it was this man right here who was defacto leader and the brains of the entire operation. Many music genres and movements like the California sound, art pop, psychedelia, chamber pop, progressive music, punk, outsider, and sunshine pop are all based on his influence from his high production values, complex harmonies and orchestrations, vocal layering, and introspective or ingenuous themes.
and besides…you know you a bad ass when you make The Beatles go in the studio to create their greatest album
Thank God For This Genius
Who Changed Music Forever😢
The Iconic BRIAN WILSON (RIP)

[Rocker]

The Beach Boys Tribute to Brian Wilson - The Warmth of the Sun - Live New York City 6/13/25


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC2HAhGMpTw

[Zenobi]

He is not only the Greatest of All Times in Music, he is also the true King of Roll and Rock. Just an example:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N0DWT-VO5pQ

This makes me cry and smile at the same time. Who else?

His music is practically the soundtrack of my life... and I guess I am not the only one. He suffered so much pain in his life, and in exchange gave us so much happiness. A real HERO. Our hero, Brian.

[Zenobi]

This Bruce tribute is gold. He shows that he really knows and understands Brian, past the early hits and Pet Sounds. The great Summer's Gone, yeah, and also the "hidden" quote of the equally great "Nothing But Love" from Gershwin. Well done, Sir Bruce!

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

Here is the Brian's Back video that was played at the Beach Boys NYC concert Friday night in tribute to Brian. Well worth a few minutes of your time.
It's got a 2024 date and was created by Noven Jaisi... I believe that's a name that's come up on this board before. People in the comments say he is the official filmmaker of the current BBs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pil-tAQQRjM

Everyone here of course knows the Mike/Brian relationship was more complex and fractured than what's presented here. But honestly, I found this incredibly moving. It feels like Brian's zany and warm personality really comes through in the choice of footage and the editing, and it had the crowd roaring. We've discussed before how eerie it was that Mike would very minimally mention Brian in BBs concerts in years past; this definitely humanizes Brian and puts him front and center at a key moment in the BBs show. Kudos to Mike for doing so.

[Zenobi]

Yes, really a moving tribute... thanks a lot !

[Wirestone]

Here’s my tribute. I hope you take a look and enjoy it.

https://kansasreflector.com/2025/06/16/how-beach-boys-mastermind-brian-wilson-changed-this-kansas-journalists-life/

[Zenobi]

This is great, Clay, thanks a million!
... and it seems we both love Do It Again performed by Brian and daughters! It's one of the most exhilarating performances of music ever recorded imho. Carnie and Wendy absolutely soar on the harmonies... as you would put it, they "levitate". 

[Zenobi]

The King of Rock and Roll at it again:

https://youtu.be/08-A0-Lg7J8?feature=shared

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

Here’s my tribute. I hope you take a look and enjoy it.

https://kansasreflector.com/2025/06/16/how-beach-boys-mastermind-brian-wilson-changed-this-kansas-journalists-life/

I did! Thank you!

[bossaroo]

I'm not a religious person but I am spiritual thanks in large part to Brian Wilson and his music. it's all the proof I need that God exists and I can't think of anyone more deserving of the divine love and mercy that awaits.

it's so satisfying to know the brothers are together again, the heavenly choir is a whole lot sweeter now.

people who've had near-death experiences describe (among other things) the incredible music they heard on the other side but Brian can actually compare notes.

bless you Bri, and THANK YOU. you gave this whole world a glimpse of heaven on earth and you're finally back home.

we will always LOVE YOU

[Rocker]

Here's another memory (and picture) which was shared on facebook by Brian Mansfield:


In March 1996, I spent two days in the studio with the Beach Boys as they recorded their “Stars and Stripes Vol. 1,” an album of collaborations with country acts. I have four key memories from those days.

1) Sitting in the control room listening to Bruce Johnston and producer Joe Thomas reminisce about their days growing up in Southern California. After a while, I felt like I should add *something* to the conversation, but then I realized that anything I knew about growing up in Southern California in the 1950s and early ‘60s I’d learned from listening to Beach Boys and Bruce Johnston records.

2) Interviewing Carl Wilson and winding up talking about Dvorak and Shania Twain. For the life of me, I can't remember how he connected them, but he did.

3) Standing in a hallway, making small talk with Brian Wilson. And learning that Brian Wilson didn't do small talk.

4) Seeing Brian's jaw drop as Junior Brown laid down his guit-steel solo for “409." When Junior finished and came into the control room afterward, Brian jumped up from his chair and practically ran across the room to grab Junior’s hand. “That was even better than our version!” he exclaimed. (I interviewed Brian by phone a couple of years later and figured I’d use that anecdote as an icebreaker. He had no recollection of it. That conversation went about as well as the one in the hallway.)
Another time, I almost got to sing harmony with him at a small private performance where he needed some extra voices, but I chickened out. I’ve never been sure whether or not that was the right call on my part. Years later, I was in New York when Brian’s label hosted a party celebrating his album of Gershwin covers. My sons were with me that day, and we all got a picture. That one — and this one — are two of my favorites that I’ve ever had taken with an artist.

I have other memories of Brian and his music that I share with the rest of the world, but these are uniquely mine, and I’ll always think of them when I think of him.
Photo: John Lee Montgomery

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

I’m struggling… no way to sugarcoat it. There was a time where I wrote more about Brian in a day than I did anything else in a month, at least . Those who have been around the BW online for the past 30 years know exactly what I mean. Yet I find myself at a loss for words right now . Been wanting to say exactly what Brian meant to me but it’s hard.  I’ve buried both parents and lost two babies and this ranks up there . But I gotta try.

It’s no hyperbole for me to say if it wasn’t for me discovering Brian’s music, I wouldn’t be here right now. That’s putting it mildly. But even more than his music, I was a fan of Brian Wilson as a person. The man was my hero, full stop, and a huge inspiration to me on a personal level. He was a fighter. As he loved to say, he was a Wilson… he had a lot of will. A pure force of nature to be reckoned with, for sure, but also one of kindest, gentle people the world has ever known. I’m so blessed to have lived in this timeline with him in it, and the world is a little darker now without him in it.

I love you Brian, and I will miss the hell out of you .